Thu Jul 12 21:28:13 UTC 2018
a/etc-15.0-x86_64-7.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't set a default MANPATH - it ends up overriding the config file settings.
Thanks to Nate_KS and andygoth.
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-8.txz: Rebuilt.
Added hid-asus module to mkinitrd_command_generator.sh. Thanks to phalange.
l/harfbuzz-1.8.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/bind-9.12.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Looking at the BIND release schedule, it's probably better to stick with
this stable branch than to track the development/unstable which isn't due
to become bind-9.14.0 for many months. Like always, we'll move to a newer
branch if that becomes necessary.
x/xf86-input-libinput-0.28.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xf86-video-ati-20180711_f533b1f6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.

Thu Jul 12 21:28:13 UTC 2018
a/etc-15.0-i586-7.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't set a default MANPATH - it ends up overriding the config file settings.
Thanks to Nate_KS and andygoth.
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-i586-8.txz: Rebuilt.
Added hid-asus module to mkinitrd_command_generator.sh. Thanks to phalange.
l/harfbuzz-1.8.3-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/bind-9.12.2-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
Looking at the BIND release schedule, it's probably better to stick with
this stable branch than to track the development/unstable which isn't due
to become bind-9.14.0 for many months. Like always, we'll move to a newer
branch if that becomes necessary.
x/xf86-input-libinput-0.28.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xf86-video-ati-20180711_f533b1f6-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.

Tue Jul 17 21:16:10 UTC 2018
Happy 25th anniversary to the Slackware 1.00 release! When the original
announcement went out on Usenet, I believe it had a UTC timestamp which has
led to some confusion over whether the anniversary falls on the 16th (which
was the date when I made the post) or on the 17th (which is when most people
first saw it)... but really, what's the difference? We can celebrate on both
days as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for sticking with the project all these
years. Glad I was able to help. :)
Here's a link to the 1.00 announcement:
http://www.slackware.com/announce/1.0.php
And here's a nice article that was posted on opensource.com:
https://opensource.com/article/18/7/stackware-turns-25
a/kernel-firmware-20180717_8d69bab-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pulseaudio-12.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/gnutls-3.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/mutt-1.10.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues. Upstream strongly recommends
that all IMAP and POP users upgrade as soon as possible.
(* Security fix *)

Tue Jul 17 21:16:10 UTC 2018
Happy 25th anniversary to the Slackware 1.00 release! When the original
announcement went out on Usenet, I believe it had a UTC timestamp which has
led to some confusion over whether the anniversary falls on the 16th (which
was the date when I made the post) or on the 17th (which is when most people
first saw it)... but really, what's the difference? We can celebrate on both
days as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for sticking with the project all these
years. Glad I was able to help. :)
Here's a link to the 1.00 announcement:
http://www.slackware.com/announce/1.0.php
And here's a nice article that was posted on opensource.com:
https://opensource.com/article/18/7/stackware-turns-25
a/kernel-firmware-20180717_8d69bab-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pulseaudio-12.2-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/gnutls-3.6.3-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/mutt-1.10.1-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues. Upstream strongly recommends
that all IMAP and POP users upgrade as soon as possible.
(* Security fix *)

Wed Jul 25 03:50:17 UTC 2018
a/kernel-generic-4.14.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/shadow-4.2.1-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
adduser: added "input" to additional user groups. Thanks to stormtracknole.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-14.txz: Rebuilt.
Handle remote (NFS, etc.) mounts with spaces in the name. Thanks to upnort.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.57-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/parallel-20180722-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/rust-1.27.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/subversion-1.10.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.57-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libgphoto2-2.5.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libzip-1.5.1-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Make sure that the API-CHANGES file is included in the package documentation.
x/xf86-video-r128-6.11.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xorg-server-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Applied some patches that other distributions have been using for a while:
Fix glamor so that the return value from glamor_fds_from_pixmap matches
what's expected (thanks to Darth Vader for pointing out these patches).
Autobind secondary GPUs to the master as output sink / offload source. This
seems like a beneficial patch until/unless DEs start to handle this.
For nvidia cards, if they are GeForce 8 or newer use the modesetting driver
by default. Seems to be recommmended by upstream where they indicate that
fixes going into nouveau are primarily to target older cards for legacy
support and that the modesetting ddx is preferable for newer ones:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844
x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Use ter-v14v.psf.gz as the consolefont. It supports more character sets, and
the larger font was causing wraparound on UEFI (at least on bare metal here).
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

Wed Jul 25 03:50:17 UTC 2018
a/kernel-generic-4.14.57-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-smp-4.14.57_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.57-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-smp-4.14.57_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.57-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-smp-4.14.57_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/shadow-4.2.1-i586-5.txz: Rebuilt.
adduser: added "input" to additional user groups. Thanks to stormtracknole.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-14.txz: Rebuilt.
Handle remote (NFS, etc.) mounts with spaces in the name. Thanks to upnort.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.57_smp-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/parallel-20180722-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/rust-1.27.2-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/subversion-1.10.2-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.57_smp-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libgphoto2-2.5.19-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libzip-1.5.1-i586-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Make sure that the API-CHANGES file is included in the package documentation.
x/xf86-video-r128-6.11.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xorg-server-1.20.0-i586-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Applied some patches that other distributions have been using for a while:
Fix glamor so that the return value from glamor_fds_from_pixmap matches
what's expected (thanks to Darth Vader for pointing out these patches).
Autobind secondary GPUs to the master as output sink / offload source. This
seems like a beneficial patch until/unless DEs start to handle this.
For nvidia cards, if they are GeForce 8 or newer use the modesetting driver
by default. Seems to be recommmended by upstream where they indicate that
fixes going into nouveau are primarily to target older cards for legacy
support and that the modesetting ddx is preferable for newer ones:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844
x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.0-i586-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.0-i586-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.0-i586-3.txz: Rebuilt.
extra/linux-4.14.57-nosmp-sdk/*: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Use ter-v14v.psf.gz as the consolefont. It supports more character sets, and
the larger font was causing wraparound on UEFI (at least on bare metal here).
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

Sun Jul 29 08:27:12 UTC 2018
a/kernel-generic-4.14.59-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.59-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.59-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.59-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.59-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/mesa-18.1.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
+--------------------------+
Fri Jul 27 21:01:22 UTC 2018
Hey folks, my first order of business here needs to be a huge thank you to
everyone who has donated at https://paypal.me/volkerdi to help keep this
project going. As most of you are already aware by now, the financal situation
here at Slackware HQ has not been great for many years, including not getting
any pay for the last two years and forcing me (and my family) to live very
frugally while I continued to work on the project hoping I'd figure out a way
to actually monitize it by the time that Slackware 15.0 is ready for release.
I'm not trying to cast any blame regarding the situation. Really, I can only
blame myself for not trying to build my own ship years ago when things began
to not really work out. I'm still looking into sustainable funding options
such as Patreon or Liberapay (or perhaps both), and I'm open to other ideas.
I'm no longer in immediate danger of going broke, and I'm no longer
entertaining the notion of joining my friends at the local potato chip factory
in order to pay my bills. :) My family is grateful and humbled by the support
we've received. Hope we'll be able to keep this project going for a long time.
Also, I realize that the website lacks updates and needs attention and I will
need to find some time to devote to that. I've never been much of a website
designer, and the slackware.com site is basically left over from work done by
former Walnut Creek / BSDi employees. I've never seen able to make much sense
of the SQL backend. The interface to edit and post articles is clunky (and
I'm not sure the PHP for that even works any more). When I've posted articles
in recent years, I've done so by editing the main page already processed from
PHP into HTML, which is pretty darn messy as I'm sure you can imagine. I tend
to prioritize the distribution itself over other demands on my time - that's
clearly a lot to do with how things ended up the way they did.
So, I guess that's the report for now. Lots more work to do and not enough
time to do it in... that part I don't see changing moving forward. :)
Thanks very much again. I'll do my best to keep you all posted.
- Pat
a/file-5.34-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-firmware-20180727_b01151b-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-brig-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-g++-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gfortran-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gnat-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-go-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-objc-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.58-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/libtool-2.4.6-x86_64-9.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled to update embedded GCC version number.
k/kernel-source-4.14.58-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
CRASH_DUMP n -> y
KEXEC n -> y
+KEXEC_JUMP y
+PROC_VMCORE y
l/babl-0.1.54-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gegl-0.4.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libart_lgpl-2.3.21-x86_64-2.txz: Removed.
This actually hasn't been needed by any Slackware package since koffice in
KDE3, and this particular version won't work with the Trinity Desktop
Environment, which is essentially a fork of KDE 3.5 updated to compile and
run with modern libraries and development tools. I can't see much point in
keeping it around. Thanks to _gin.
n/NetworkManager-1.12.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/dhcpcd-7.0.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libinput-1.11.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.9.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

Sun Jul 29 08:27:12 UTC 2018
a/kernel-generic-4.14.59-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-smp-4.14.59_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.59-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-smp-4.14.59_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.59-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-smp-4.14.59_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.59_smp-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.59_smp-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/mesa-18.1.5-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/linux-4.14.59-nosmp-sdk/*: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
+--------------------------+
Fri Jul 27 21:01:22 UTC 2018
Hey folks, my first order of business here needs to be a huge thank you to
everyone who has donated at https://paypal.me/volkerdi to help keep this
project going. As most of you are already aware by now, the financal situation
here at Slackware HQ has not been great for many years, including not getting
any pay for the last two years and forcing me (and my family) to live very
frugally while I continued to work on the project hoping I'd figure out a way
to actually monitize it by the time that Slackware 15.0 is ready for release.
I'm not trying to cast any blame regarding the situation. Really, I can only
blame myself for not trying to build my own ship years ago when things began
to not really work out. I'm still looking into sustainable funding options
such as Patreon or Liberapay (or perhaps both), and I'm open to other ideas.
I'm no longer in immediate danger of going broke, and I'm no longer
entertaining the notion of joining my friends at the local potato chip factory
in order to pay my bills. :) My family is grateful and humbled by the support
we've received. Hope we'll be able to keep this project going for a long time.
Also, I realize that the website lacks updates and needs attention and I will
need to find some time to devote to that. I've never been much of a website
designer, and the slackware.com site is basically left over from work done by
former Walnut Creek / BSDi employees. I've never seen able to make much sense
of the SQL backend. The interface to edit and post articles is clunky (and
I'm not sure the PHP for that even works any more). When I've posted articles
in recent years, I've done so by editing the main page already processed from
PHP into HTML, which is pretty darn messy as I'm sure you can imagine. I tend
to prioritize the distribution itself over other demands on my time - that's
clearly a lot to do with how things ended up the way they did.
So, I guess that's the report for now. Lots more work to do and not enough
time to do it in... that part I don't see changing moving forward. :)
Thanks very much again. I'll do my best to keep you all posted.
- Pat
a/file-5.34-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-firmware-20180727_b01151b-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.58-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-smp-4.14.58_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.58-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-smp-4.14.58_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.58-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-smp-4.14.58_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-8.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-brig-8.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-g++-8.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gfortran-8.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gnat-8.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-go-8.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-objc-8.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.58_smp-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/libtool-2.4.6-i586-9.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled to update embedded GCC version number.
k/kernel-source-4.14.58_smp-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
CRASH_DUMP n -> y
EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER n -> y
EFI_STUB n -> y
KEXEC n -> y
RELOCATABLE n -> y
+APPLE_PROPERTIES y
+CRASH_CORE y
+EFI_RUNTIME_MAP y
+KEXEC_CORE y
+KEXEC_JUMP y
+PROC_VMCORE y
+RANDOMIZE_BASE y
+RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION n
+X86_NEED_RELOCS y
l/babl-0.1.54-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gegl-0.4.6-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libart_lgpl-2.3.21-i586-2.txz: Removed.
This actually hasn't been needed by any Slackware package since koffice in
KDE3, and this particular version won't work with the Trinity Desktop
Environment, which is essentially a fork of KDE 3.5 updated to compile and
run with modern libraries and development tools. I can't see much point in
keeping it around. Thanks to _gin.
n/NetworkManager-1.12.2-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/dhcpcd-7.0.7-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libinput-1.11.3-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/linux-4.14.58-nosmp-sdk/*: Upgraded.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.9.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

Wed Aug 1 22:38:53 UTC 2018
ap/man-db-2.8.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gdb-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-pip-18.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-setuptools-40.0.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python3-3.6.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libpcap-1.9.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pango-1.42.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libdrm-2.4.93-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/blueman-2.0.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes an issue where blueman-mechanism did not enforce the
polkit action 'org.blueman.network.setup' for which a polkit policy is
shipped. This meant that any user with access to the D-Bus system bus was
able to access the related API without authentication. The result was an
unspecified impact on the networking stack.
Thanks to Matthias Gerstner for discovering this issue.
(* Security fix *)
testing/packages/glibc-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
These packages are in /testing pending FTBFS analysis. They seem to work
fine here, but with a few header file deprecations and some other
possible API changes and incompatibilities (see the NEWS file), I expect
there will be some changes required to various packages. Feel free to
test them out though. Because of changes to the way glibc is built and
installed that started with the glibc-2.27 packages, you can upgrade to
these packages and also (if you wish) downgrade back to glibc-2.27 using
upgradepkg.
testing/packages/glibc-i18n-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/glibc-profile-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/glibc-solibs-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
+--------------------------+
Tue Jul 31 05:53:40 UTC 2018
a/kernel-firmware-20180730_7b5835f-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/fuse-2.9.8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gdbm-1.17-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.49.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/utf8proc-2.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/seamonkey-2.49.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.49.4
(* Security fix *)

Wed Aug 1 22:38:53 UTC 2018
ap/man-db-2.8.4-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gdb-8.1.1-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-pip-18.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-setuptools-40.0.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python3-3.6.6-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libpcap-1.9.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pango-1.42.3-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libdrm-2.4.93-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/blueman-2.0.6-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes an issue where blueman-mechanism did not enforce the
polkit action 'org.blueman.network.setup' for which a polkit policy is
shipped. This meant that any user with access to the D-Bus system bus was
able to access the related API without authentication. The result was an
unspecified impact on the networking stack.
Thanks to Matthias Gerstner for discovering this issue.
(* Security fix *)
testing/packages/glibc-2.28-i586-1.txz: Added.
These packages are in /testing pending FTBFS analysis. They seem to work
fine here, but with a few header file deprecations and some other
possible API changes and incompatibilities (see the NEWS file), I expect
there will be some changes required to various packages. Feel free to
test them out though. Because of changes to the way glibc is built and
installed that started with the glibc-2.27 packages, you can upgrade to
these packages and also (if you wish) downgrade back to glibc-2.27 using
upgradepkg.
testing/packages/glibc-i18n-2.28-i586-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/glibc-profile-2.28-i586-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/glibc-solibs-2.28-i586-1.txz: Added.
+--------------------------+
Tue Jul 31 05:53:40 UTC 2018
a/kernel-firmware-20180730_7b5835f-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/fuse-2.9.8-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gdbm-1.17-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.49.4-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/utf8proc-2.2.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/seamonkey-2.49.4-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.49.4
(* Security fix *)